Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-31
GAINESVILLE.
A Boy Driving q Delivery Wagon
THROWN Out and Badly, Possibly
Fatally, blurred By the Fail.
Allen Ward Wanted In Hunt County-A
Watch Stolen-Marriags Licenses
The Oourts-LocaI News.
Special to the Gazette.

special to the Gazette.
GAINESVILLE, TEX, July S0.-This
morning Leroy Millican, boy ten or
eleven years Of age, while driving deliT-
cry wagon in the northern par. Of the
city, met with g very severe accident
which may result fatally. The accident
occurred in this way: A negro was
driving wagon in the opposite direction
to the one in which young Millican was
going, and refusing to give the way, the
two vehicles colided. The collision
frightened the horse young MiIlican YVES
driving very much, and be attempted to
run, which caused the boy to be thrown
violently to the ground, the force of the
fall received breaking open his skull. TIE
boy was picked up and carried to his
home. physician being Immediately sent
for. The little felloW is resting quite
well this afternoon, and it is now thought
that unless charge for the worse &C.
ours in the next few days he will certainly
| recover.
Yesterday morning carpenter named
r +. Thomson, wnile ct work on the
barn in Mr.. Il. G.. Bones yard, went TO
the house to get drink of water. When
| be returned he happened to feel in his
vest pocket for something he wanted,
when, to his am cement he found that
! his watch had been stolen during his Oh
sence. He Immediately went to all TIE
| lewelry stores in the city and gave q
description of the watch, so that it could
| be identified if brought TO any of the Jew
elers for sale or for work to De done upon
it. This afternoon a colored youth,
| seemingly fourteen or fifteen years of age,
| brought The watch into Browns ieWeirq
| store and wanted TO sell it for 81. Mr..
| Thomson was at once notified OF the
fact, and he Immediately had the youthful
thief arrested. The boy seys that his name
Is Lawrence, but refuses to give his full
name. He has been crying all the after
noon, and said first that he came from
| Dallas and then from Fort Wor b. He
claims that he was given the watch by his
| father, but will not tell who his father is
| He makes very contradictory statements,
and the officers have been able 10 get
nothing defnite out of him. He is either
very shrewd or ignorant for his years.
George Ledbetter was required 10 give
| $1,000 bond by Commissioner Ricketts, at
! Sherman yesterday in the case in which
| he is charged with shooting his brother
in-laW in the Indian Territory sometime
ago. In default Of this bond he was CON-
mitted to jail.
Old man VI. M. Smiths examining
| trial for taking MS stepson's letters out
Of the postotlice here, was get for August
.. 10 the meantime he is IL jail, being
unable to give the $3.50 bond required Of
him.
One marriage license was issued by
the county clerk to-day. The parties
licensed to wed are j. f. Lemons and
Miss Sarah Davault.
The Mayor disposed of nine cases to
day, the fines ranging from $40 to
| Sll.70.
Three applicants for positions as
teachers in the public SCHOOLS of the
county were examined by the county ex-
aiming board to-day.
In the County court to-day the case of
II. S. Hamilton vs. the Santa Fe Railway
mas occupied the attention CT the court
all day. The jury were out and had not
returned q verdict late this afternoon
An adjournment will not be had till some
time next week, severs important cases
remaining to be tried yet.
The negro Allen Ward, is still held
here, but the general understanding is
that the officers are holding him for the
Hunt county sheriff, whose prisoner he
really Is. It is also said there is Grim
inal charge pending against him in Hunt
county. There is no evidence discovered
to connect him with the murder OF Miss
Watkins, and the matter is as much q
mystery as ever.